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"In the old days," said M. Belloiseau, "the priests would try and appease the anger of the gods by slaughtering the most beautiful girl in the country on the altar, while our kind cures suppose that the Christian God will be satisfied with a march-past ... You have to admit that's tremendous progress." This is why the villagers pray for water. Love the Belloiseau. He is an old lecher but harmless and funny.
— Jan 23, 2026 03:12AM
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"Is she pretty?"
"Mr. B, " said Pamphile, "her hair is like gold, Her eyes are like the sea; her teeth like pearls; and what she's got in her ragged bodice, I'm sure it's very pretty sight!"
At that moment an angry voice, explosively loud, descended from the window above the carpenter's shop. It was Big Amelie and she cried: "And you, what do you look like you satyr? Is that the kind of mushrooms you go looking for?"
— Jan 20, 2026 07:58AM
"Mr. B, " said Pamphile, "her hair is like gold, Her eyes are like the sea; her teeth like pearls; and what she's got in her ragged bodice, I'm sure it's very pretty sight!"
At that moment an angry voice, explosively loud, descended from the window above the carpenter's shop. It was Big Amelie and she cried: "And you, what do you look like you satyr? Is that the kind of mushrooms you go looking for?"
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Enjoying the physical descriptions of the key characters and the fact it's not written by someone pandering to modern politics and inane sensibilities.
— Jan 05, 2026 03:22AM
